[#Erexit 2/2] A good day to get the hell out of here
Azure Falcon
Welcome, dear readers to my last article.
In the previous article I have summarized how far we have made it with the unprecedented level of unity that we demonstrated in standing up to admins' practices of shady manipulation. I have also overviewed the response we got, which is basically saying "if you are angry about it, then you are a fool". Now it's time for me to talk about the future.
I am leaving this game, permanently. I might decide to stay if Admins change their mind significantly in the next 2 days, but I am skeptical about that happening. They made a stance by attacking me instead of focusing on the problems.
Ragequit – at first you could think that, but in reality this is a very much consequential move. After all, ragequits hardly come bundled with 1800 words of reasoning. The point is, I don't see any reasons for me to stay in this game anymore and spend my money on it, and I am going to tell you why.
It is important to emphasize that I am NOT advocating for anyone else to leave the game, otherwise they would delete this article. (By the way, you should know that even if I said everyone should leave this game, it would not infringe on any of the eRepublik Laws.) Admins tend to denounce my articles as propaganda, but I am advocating that you listen to the arguments and decide for yourself.
Let's begin, shall we?
eRepublik's history over the last two years can be described by two things:
Syphoning money out of the game and eternal boredom. This is because eRepublik was treated as nothing but a cash cow. Alexis Bonte confirmed this in his blog post, but it was widely known beforehand.
With the same post came a glimmer of hope as the CEO of eRep Labs admitted their strategy was a failure, followed a few weeks later by meaningful posts in the Forum and in the Latest Updates sections. This went on with promises such as focusing on new players, which is a welcome change since the community have dwindled steadily in the past years.
However, despite all these efforts, we can now see that there cannot be prosperity in the future. Why? Because it seems eRepublik is corrupted at its core. No matter how many times you reshuffle the strategy as a CEO when you keep the practices that make players turn away from the game.
Here are three "features" that will remain in the new version:
1) Leaking information to insiders - Remember how moving tickets skyrocketed days before the first meaningful Latest Updates post came out this year? Or how a Romanian coup on Singapore was initiated 10 minutes before the cost was raised from 200k CC to 1 million CC? Or how there is a single country that benefits from the changed pollution rules? These all happened after Bonte's change of strategy and they will be here to stay.
2) Defensiveness about mistakes and downplaying them instead of admitting - This should be evident based on their latest post. I have discussed this response in detail in my previous article. In short: they basically denounced every supporter of the article as a fool.
3) Syphoning dat gold - This needs a bit of explanation. My problem is not that eRep Labs tries to make money, but that they make players spend their resources in unfair ways. I don’t mind spending on meaningful innovation, but I am inclined resist a ripoff. A very illustrative example of such a situation is where players were told in advance that they can place their existing companies wherever they want (they won't work unless you place them first) - however we know that in reality, you cannot even place your existing companies in different regions without paying extra for new holdings. And those do not come cheap. If you want to dedicate a holding for each industry, then you are already ripped off with 150 gold - and you just finished placing your own companies in the new system.
In addition, we already know that there will be paid productivity boosters (from the formula) and probably new training grounds for the airplane skill. You can rest assured that heavy costs will hit you in literally every segment of the game.
So this is where I ask myself:
Is this the game that I want to spend my money on?
Does this game belong to people who I consider worthy of receiving my payment?
Having advocated for fair treatment of players, did I get the reassurances that allow me to play this game without feeling like a second-class citizen and a cash cow?
The answer to all three of these questions is a big fat HELL NO. As a writer of the protest article representing the dissatisfaction of the community, I am not going to lose my credibility by keeping on playing this game as if everything was all right. No, everything is most definitely not all right.
So this is the reason that I quit for.
If you've read this article so far, you might agree that it is the only logical thing to do - anything else involves supporting this corrupt game, even as a 2-clicker. This is my train of thought. Whether you decide to follow my lead is entirely your decision.
Technicalities:
- The decision is final (and heavily based on consequence) so please do not try to convince me otherwise.
- Thanks to each and every one of you for everything. I won't even start listing names.
- Don't aspire to keep in touch. I don't like mixing eRep with RL so it won't happen.
- I still have 8000+ EBs thanks to TG/company downgrades that I want to tank away in one last exciting battle, so you might see me once more on the battlefield in the coming days. Once that is done, I will request deletion. Don't even try to think that I will sell it.
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Thank you for reading!
Azure
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[#Erexit 2/2] A good day to get the hell out of here
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Azért annyira nem vészes a helyzet, hogy itt hagyd a trágyadombot. Bár nagy valószínűséggel igazad lesz, mégis megéri megvárni, hogy mi a franc lesz a változások után. És valószínűleg nem lesz akkora előnyük a szőröstalpúaknak, mint amekkorának jelenleg látszik. Nincs full bónuszuk nekik sem sehol.
Amúgy szerintem az idióta, igazságtalan változtatásoknál nagyobb elrettentő hatása lesz az újfajta melós folyamatoknak.
Az elv a fontos, nem az, hogy mekkora előnyük lesz.
A lényeg az, hogy átbaszták a játékosokat és mindenkit hülyének néznek.
Huge kudos for you if you didn't spend more rl money for keep up this sístem. The only one way to force any change if the money spenders articulate his/her opinion...with own credit card.
The Whales' words worth fur more, than our, the trash, noname players.
And if you stop funding erep, our depentent players salvation is coming faster with server closing.
Thank you Azure, I hope many Whales follow You!
ne hülyülj pusztitsuk el adminlandiát.
Brave and smart decision. Cheers!
no money for shit game!
Not today
That's a disappointing response to the problem, even if it is understandable.
Why throw away years of work? It does not hurt to maintain your TG and 10k CC and simply log off forever. Or come back in 2020 to see if things are better...
And most importantly - who will be a constructive critic and voice of reason in your absence?
That's exactly the point - that a voice of reason will not get you anywhere in this game anymore. Having represented a thousand people's anguish with a full heart without any change in their stance, I cannot advocate staying. I would be lying to them and to myself by presenting a false image in which everything is okay. And yes, I am also personally uncomfortable with helping eRep Labs either by paying, or by staying as a 2-clicker in the future.
I apologize for the disappointment, but I hope I could clarify things a bit further with this comment. I don't intend to talk about it any further because I need to work on the translation and the donations 🙂
🙁 no fck no
"we already know that there will be paid productivity boosters (from the formula)"
the player booster might actually be only the already existing +20% productivity included in Tycoon Pack.
Regardless of that, don't leave. That would just be giving them the win.
They will win before it gets shut down. Real winners are those who left this.
True
Rebellion? 🙂
Balcan.
o7
Akkor jövő héten ugyanitt?
Amúgy... Gondolom akkor ne kérjelek fel júliusra KM-nek?
Azer' a "ki ez az erepen" megoldas-verseny jo buli volt! Elismeresem.
Damn you shouldn't go but i realize there's nothing else to do
jeez come on :/
ha így fogjuk fel, és ellene cselekszünk, akkor fogjuk beteljesíteni saját magunk a jóslatot. Nagyon remélem, hogy a magyar közösség átérzi, hogy mennyire sorsfordító pillanathoz érkeztünk és egyszer a játék négy és fél éve során végre egy ilyen sorsfordító pillanatban sikerül meghozni a racionális, jó döntést, a hirtelen felindulásból elkövetett rossz helyett. Eddig nem sikerült soha. Én bízom benne, hogy most fog.
az erősebb karikat azért majd adjátok le a szocminnek.
Can i have your stuff? ^___^
o7
Thx you for your game!
Better sell your acc 😃
why? he gets much less than it costs. It was funny that trico sold his acc for less than he spent in a month.
Ummm...
If you just leave, you get... nothing!
If you sell acc for money, you get... money!
Nothing
You are taking an impulse decision by leaving the game, I like people that bring out the truth. It might bring changes. Maybe not for you, but for other generations.
You are very right, down to the last word. Corruption has been at the core of this game, people with influence around eRep labs in Romania have profited not only in-game, but out-game by selling Gold milked from clone farms (with the knowledge or closed eye of admins) for real money (yes, and you have to believe it when I say it, though this supposedly happened years ago).
I have experienced the same things in eRomania. I play for eRomania and I am probably one of the last players in "opposition" since most normal people have quit the game when they saw the abuses. I have had experienced the following:
- Bans from the admins late saturday night (on election day), and the ban lifted on Monday with an excuse and 2 energy bars.
- Uncomfortable articles erased quickly, and fp's received without reason
- They have voted with the accounts of our party members for an "insider" to take over our opposition party and control the congress. Mind you, all Top5 political parties in eRomania are controlled by eRep Labs / Admins friends. They basically logged on to our accounts and when they logged in, their nominee was already voted for.
- I have had a few players that were working in my factories banned. Just because they were working in my factories.
- And many many more.... but they managed to shut people up, and instill fear.
So, my friend, you have it pretty easy. You are a foreigner, you invested some money..they can't really abuse you the way they abuse the Romanians 🙂
So if you see me banned, you know why 😁)
Big respect for your "opposition".
reason: you're too stupid for this game 😃
@MrBogdan whether you are jokingly oppressing or just making fun, even that wouldn't/shouldn't be a reason o/
anyway those are serious accusation, and obviously it would be hard/impossible to prove if some "loyal" coders/friends are supporting this group with illegal means... I can only say respect for not giving up o/
Well, he is just one of the protected ones, with farms of clones in Singapore and Malaysia, and not only.
If you check the Top5 parties in those countries, their clone farms are being accepted. Therefore, they can afford to troll in everyone's face. Basically, you can't do anything about it, the admins let it go, so there ya have it. There's an article about their farms as well. You can see the top of the iceberg there http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/inedit-membrii-partidelor-din-singapore-si-malezia-2600120/1/20
good luck
Dont be impulsive. And stay. The game is boring and admins are making it worse, but the best part of the game is players
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bye-bye
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dont you get it? being retarded is not gonna help you at all, even tho you accuse everyone else of cheating.
Vote!
at the end really only romanians are going to play this every day sh****st game
good luck romania!!!
te szolgáltad évekig ezeket.😃
Not voted.
Stay here and laugh with the pathetic garbage developers
Un' te duci tu azorele maicaaa ... nu plecaaa, viata e pustiu fara tineeeeee 😁)
Get real, you won't leave, it's not so easy 🙂
Regarding the articles, I don't even bother reading them... As long as ER Labs is in Romania, there will always be accusations. If they move to Budapest, you will be the black sheep of ER.
It's in human nature to accuse others for your failure.
Corruption is in your blood romanian.
o7
Dont go bro 🙁
I wount say I hate you, cause I dont. I wount say I like you cause I dont. I will say I respect you though, cause you are good at what you do.
About leaving the game, Please take a moment and remember all changes in this game. There is a difference now? No. I was upset when they changed raw companies value, I was upset when they took our orgs, I was really upset when I spent lot of gold on work skill and others spent it really well on training in V2, when they took our house companies, and so on.
I dont think you REALLY believe we got inside info before this one, cause not even you believe we are so stupid to get only rare resources instead of full house.
Its your choice, but you dont play this game for admins, do you?